This is Michaelangelo's David at the Accadamia in Florence. It
was carved from one solid block of marble 14 feet high, and it
took him 3 years to complete. He had just finished the Pieta in
Rome when he started this project. It's the most amazing piece of
sculpture in the world. On the right and left, you can see the
Prisoner series. According to my dad, these statues were never
meant to be unfinished. Michaelangelo was in his 90's at the
time, and he would get out of his deathbed every few hours to
work on them. He used a block of marble that was already started
and would work around it. The block of marble that he used to
carve the David originally had a chunk carved out of the right
side of it, so Michaelangelo had to carve David with his weight
shifted to the right leg. You can see this in the photo above.

This is a close-up of one of the sculptures in the Prisoner
series.

Naomi hanging out with the David. The marble looks so soft and
flexible, like the statue can just step down off the pedestal.
Naomi is bitter because Jeff takes too long to take a photo.

Another couple of views of the statue, above and below. The
David, in case you didn't know, refers to David and Goliath.
David slew Goliath with just a sling and a rock. The sling is in
his left hand and the rock is in his right.